Miss Julie Reviews
Variety- Somewhat Recommended
"...A few minutes into this "Miss Julie," you might think that the Geffen Playhouse started out with a traditionally cast "The Heiress" and then switched plays after losing a few key supporting players. Julie's fall at the hands of this John isn't so devastating. But the injustice of her money and his lack of it is more pronounced."
LA Weekly- Not Recommended
"...Myung Hee Cho has created a picture-perfect period kitchen, and the amped-up sexuality is affecting at times, but the latter half of the piece, directed by Jo Bonney, becomes too pensive, leaving us more relieved than bowled over at its conclusion."
LAist- Not Recommended
"...Unfortunately, Neil LaBute's current adaptation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie is a lackluster affair, and miscasting in the Geffen Playhouse production hurts it further."
The Hollywood Reporter- Somewhat Recommended
"...The unflinching Strindberg remains well worth flailing at in attempts to make him work, for despite all his deserved intellectual unfashionableness, he has much to tell us of value, not least because we are so disinclined to hear it. LaBute, as his distant descendent, understands this, and his valiant ambition recognizes his likely failure with an appealingly resigned gusto."
CurtainUp- Not Recommended
"...A jazzy Miss Julie that boldly puts the screws to both screwball comedy and Strindberg could be fascinating. After all, LaBute as a director mashed-up farce and drama to good effect in the film Nurse Betty. The current production is alas more of a muddle, with fascinating elements that refuse to mesh."
ArtsInLA- Recommended
"...Whatever your assessment of the updating, there's no question that the Geffen Playhouse premiere offers a tremendous LA showcase for three much-vaunted Gotham talents: Lily Rabe, Logan Marshall-Green, and Laura Heisler."
LA Stage Times- Not Recommended
"...This "Miss Julie" is a misguided enterprise that might have been more interesting had LaBute taken a freer hand with the material. He certainly shares an antagonistic streak with Strindberg, but it's tamed in this refurbishing of a classic that I'm sorry to see come off as just plain silly."
OC Register- Somewhat Recommended
"...LaBute's adaptation of Strindberg's withering examination of class conflict and sexual power politics, "Miss Julie," hits a few snags in its world premiere at the Geffen Playhouse."
TheaterMania- Somewhat Recommended
"...This production of Miss Julie is an achievement of a wise director and cast who don't allow an ugly adaptation to pollute their portrayals. Though there is putridity to the play's surroundings, a troupe of game players step it up to keep the audience intrigued."
Grigware Blogspot- Recommended
"...The world premiere adaptation by LaBute of Miss Julie is moment.to.moment chillingly riveting theatre with a brilliant cast of three under the expert direction of Jo Bonney currently at the Geffen through June 2."